Metallic receptacle



June 11, 1929. 'F. KUSTERLE 1,716,495

METALLIC RECEPTACLE Filed May 5, 1923 f 722 I Fan/r fi i ere' PatentedJune 11, 1929.

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FRANK KUs'rEnLn, on KENOSHA, wrsoonsinnssreiwonmo SIMMONS COMPANY, or

KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION or DELAWARE.

. METALLIC RECEPTAGLE. 2

Application filed May 5,

My invention relates to improvements in metallic receptacles and hasparticular reference to articles of metal furniture and parts thereof.

lhe principal object of the invention is to provide means for deadeningthe metallic clang or resonance from the-sound heard when manipulatingor moving articles of furniture made in Whole or in part of metal andparticularly sheet metal.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a construction of sheetmetal furniture which will permit the deadening means to beinexpensively, conveniently and securely applied and in such manner thatclimaticconditions will not impair the deadening effect or otherwiseseriously affect the deadening means on the article of furniture towhich it is applied; and in general to provide an economical, rigid,sightly. and efiicient construction of the character referred to.

In the drawings which illustrate my invention as embodied in a metallicdrawer such as is suitable for bed room dressers or analogous furniture,

Fig. 1 is an underside plan view of said metal drawer. v

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. t I

Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 4i-fl of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of'a portion of said drawer.

Referring to the drawings, it. will beobserved that the drawer in itsmain elements is constructed of five wall members of sheet metal, beingthe front sheet, 11 the back sheet, 12 the bottom sheet, and similarside sheets 13 and 14.

As shown best in Figs. 4 andt5, the sides of the drawer comprisesavertically disposed sheet of metal preferably light gauge steel, thetop and bottom edges of which are curled over to form hollow beads 15and 16, which beads provide a substantial stiffen ing effect to the sideof the drawer whlle the upper bead 15 constitutes a neat finish for theupper edge of the drawer side, It will be observed that the upper bead15 is closed, whereas the bottom bead 16 is either left mit theinsertion between the sheet 13 and each of i922. Serial No. 636,791.

the edge 17 of the bead of the turned down vertical flange 18:31; theside of the bottom sheet 12. 7 Between the underside of the bottom sheet12 and'the upper edge of the hollow bead 16 there is insertedor-interposed the side edge of a sheet 19 of felt, box board, oranalogousfsound deadening material. The bottom sheet 12 is preferably ofsufficient weight tobe self-sustaining, so that substan tially no weightor supporting strain is impose'cll on the shcet ofsound-deadeningmateria.

For a smallor medium sized drawer, the sound deadening sheet 19 may beconstructed 111' a single piece underlying the entire bottom area of thedrawer, but in the example shown I have illustrated the said. sheet asbeing made in a pair of symmetrically disposed sections separated by ajunction strip designated as a' wholeat 20. Said junction strip, asshown best in Figs. 1, 3 and 5, includes a central depressed groove orchannel 21 which, throughout its length, contacts directly with theunderside of'the bottom sheet 12, the side portions 22 and 23 ofsaid'junction strip being spaced from the underside of the bottom sheet12 a sufficient distance to to the marginal portions of the junctionstrip 20 so as to allow for-slight variations in manufacture, or inthickness ofthe sound deadening sheet, said side portions 22 and 23 aremade with raised hollow rib formations as at 241.. The junction strip 20is rigidly united to the underside of the bottom sheet 12 as by a seriesof spot welds 25 and, besides serving as a means of securing the sounddeadening sheet to the bottom of the drawer, also has the effectofmateriallystiffening the bottom sheet itself. Said beads or ribformations 24:, just referred to,.contribute materially tosaidstiffness.

. The front sheet lOwhich carries the handles or knobs 26, by whichthedrawer is manipulated, is made from somewhat heavier or thicker materialthan the other walls of the drawer. The, top edge of said front end isformed with a right angle flange 27. which flange is folded-upon itselfasindicated at 28 to provide a sightly smooth edge 29, of doublethickness. The bottom edge of said drawer front sheet 10 is alsoflanged, said 37 or in any approved manner.

' tom of the sheet 10 with a curve of appreciable radius as shown at 31so as also to provide a 'sightly, smooth and finished bottom edge. Theinward end 32 of said bottom flange is bent horizontally so as toparallel the bottom sheet 12 and is made with a series of depressions 33as shown best in Fig. 4,

the bottoms of said depressions contacting directly with the undersideof bottom sheet 12 while the main body portion of the horizontal flangeportion 32 is spaced from the underside of said bottom sheet 12 asufficient distance to admit the front edges of the sections ofthe sounddeadening sheet 19. Said sound deadening sheet 19 is notched out asindicated at 34 at suitably spaced intervals in order to accommodate theembossed depressions 33. The notches 3 1 in the side of the sheet aremade amply large enough'to provide a slight space as at 35 so as toallow for inaccuracies of manufacture and also to permit the sheet 19 toexpand or contract under the influence of varying climatic conditions. V

Y It may be stated that for the same purpose the central channel shapedportion 21 of the junction strip is made substantially narrower than thedistance between the adjacent edges of the sound deadening sheetsections, and in fact at all points where the said sound deadening sheetis secured between the metal parts of the drawer a similar provision ismade for slight relative sliding movements of the sound deadening sheetand the metal sheet to which it is applied. Such difference in expansionor contraction of the sound deadening sheet and the metal sheet to whichit is applied, occurs not only in service due to change in atmosphericconditions, but occurs, to a considerable extent, during the course ofmanufacture if the drawer, with a sound deadening sheet applied, issubjected to a high temperature for the purpose of baking on a paint orother'finish as is desirable.

The side edges of the front sheet are secured to the front verticaledges of the side members 13 and 14 by fianging back the side 'edges ofthe front sheet as indicated at 36,

said flanges 36 being secured to theside members 13 and 1. 1 byspotwelding as indicated at Similarly,

the rear sheet 11 is flanged back at the sides as indicated at 38 so asto facilitate securing of same to the rear portions of the side members13 and 14, said securing being effected by spot welding as indicated at39 or in any other convenient and approved manner.

In order to secure the bottom edge of the back sheet-11 to the rear edgeof the bottom sheet 12, said back sheet 11 is formed with a forwardlyextending horizontal flange 40 having circular embossed depressions 41formed in said flange 410, said formations 4E1 terial.

to provide one or more additional supports for the sound deadeningstrip. In the present instance, I have illustrated the use of a singleadditional support for each section of the deadening sheet, saidadditional support being located substantially in the center of thearea-of the section and comprising a metal disk or washer 12, thecentral portion of which 1S formed with a circular embossed depression13 contacting with the underside "of the bottom sheet 12 and rigidlyunited thereto as by spot welding. Said supporting disk 12 isconsiderably larger than the depression 13 so that the edge 44- of acircular aperture punched in the sound deadening sheet willsubstantially overlap the edges of said disk and at the same time bespaced from the central embossed portion of the disk a sufficientdistance to allow for the desired expansion and contraction of the sounddeadening ma- It will be noted that I have described a receptacle formedof sheet metal, and hava receptacle such as-a furniture drawer which 7 Ihave selected'as an example of the application of my invention, it willbe suflicient in most cases to apply the sound deadening material onlyas indicated. However, it will be manifest that the same principle ofconstruction can be utilized in applying the sound deadening material toadditional surfaces of a drawer or other receptacle.

The described details of construction and operation being merelyillustrative of one phase of my invention, it will be understood thatthe scope of the invention should be in terpreted by reference to theappended claims, said claims being construed as broadly as possible,consistent with the state of the art.

I claim as my invention 1. In sheet metal furniture, the combination ofa sheet metal wall, a layer of noise reducing material overlying andcontacting with said wall and a plurality of sheet metal" securingmembers integrally and permanently united to said wall and between whichmembers and wall, portions of the layer are slidably interposed wherebyportions of said layer are permitted to slide on said wall in the eventof unequal expansion of said wall and layer.

l 2. In sheet metal furniture, the combination of a sheet metal wall, alayer of noise reducing material overlying and contacting with said walland having an opening therein, and a sheet metal part overlyingsaid Qlayer and having an intermediate portion thereof depressed and extendingthrough said opening, said portion being attached to the face of saidwall to hold said layer between said sheet metal part and said wall.

3. In sheet metal furniture, the combination of a self sustaining sheetmetaliwall, a

layer of fibrous noise reducing material overlying and contacting withbut movable relative to said wall and having an opening therein, a sheetmetal member overlying said layer and a connection extending through theopenin g in said layer for securing said sheet metal member to said walltoretain said layer between said sheet metal part and said wall, saidconnection being a loose fit in said opening and being adapted tomaintain the operation of the member which engages the noise-reducingmaterial in fixedly spaced relation to the wall, thereby to preventbinding of the noise-reducing material against said wall.

4:. In sheet metal furniture, the combina tion of a sheet metal wall, alayer of noise reducing material overlying and cont-acting with saidwall and having an opening theremaintaining said'sheet in contact withsaid wall but permitting relative movement therebetween, said meanscomprising a member united to said wall and having a portion fixedlyspaced from said Wall 'soas to form with the wall a recess adapted toslidably receive a portion of the sheet of deadening material.

